Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 49
THEATER OF MARCELLUS. 26 Ecclesiastical Architecture. is obtained. Its decoration is obtained through the twoorders, the Doric and the Ionic. Below is the substantialDoric order. All its parts are distinguishable, the archi-trave, the frieze—including triglyphs and metopes—the Fig. 23. … COLISEUM AT SOME. cornice. The more graceful and slenderer Ionic ordergives ornamentation to the second story. The coliseum(Fig. 23) shows most daring confidence in the strength ofthis mode of construction. Three arches are piled up-ward, one above the other, and as if to show the mightystrength in…
Church architecture
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